I visited Sycamore Lake Wine Company, located near Columbus Grove in Ohio, with a friend in early September. Sycamore Lake Wine Company opened in 2013, and visitors can enjoy the wines and a selection of food in the tasting room or on the patio. There's also a lake and covered bridge that visitors can walk to, and the grape vines are there too. We had a bit of food here along with our wine tasting flight, and the food was delicious. A wedding was also taking place here, and they were setting up for live music. The venue was extremely busy with people, not including the wedding party as well.
This is one of the better wine venues that we have been to, and we enjoyed the good selection of tasty food and the wines. Due to the venue being so busy on the visit, the staff were in a rush and not very friendly as a result of this. There was a bit of a "rush" from them to get you to order without really understanding the full description.
Visitors can try up to five wines. I had a selection of mainly white wines since I am not a fan of red ones. I ordered the below:
Riesling: A semi-dry fruity wine with an apple taste and flower notes.
Chocolate-covered Bridge: No doube this is an ode to the picturesque covered bridge on the lake. It is a red wine flavoured with chocolate and is said to taste like cherry-flavoured Tootsie Roll Pop. (I will agree that it did taste like a cherry-flavoured Tootsie Roll Pop).
Sycamore White: This is a semi-sweet wine that is made with Diamond grapes, which is an old-fashioned "grape" variety.
Cayuga: This semi-sweet white wine has a balance of fruit and acidity.
Seyval: This semi-dry white wine has a crisp flavour.
I did not have a favourite of the wines, though the chocolate one was different.
We ordered pizza and garlic bread knots, and the food was very tasty. I preferred the food to the wine.
After the food and wine, we had a quick look around outside and walked to the covered bridge and down to the lake.
Back indoors, some of the other guests thought that I was the official wedding photographer and wanted their pictures taken. I humoured them and took group photographs for them with their mobile phones. It was absolutely hilarious.
I would return to the venue and hope that the next visit isn't quite so busy, but we enjoyed the venue even though the staff were not very friendly.
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